Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-10-13
frc,nonitions or Death.


Little Alice Buckley. policeman's
daughter of Newburyport, who died
recently, had a strong realization of
her approaching death, although the
physicians had not given her up. On
the afternoon of the day she died she
called her mother to the bedside TO
make arrangements for the, funeral,
and announced that she had only
minute or two longer to live. just
then the gate clicked and she heard her
fathers footsteps coming up the walk.
Raising herself in bed with har remain
ing strength, the child cried out:
Hurry up. papa I'll wall minute
for you" The agonized father heard
the cry and rushed up the stairs to the
bedroom. He had barely tirne to take
his daughter in his arms, when she
whispered 'Good-by" to him and ex-
pired.
A confederate veteran related in
Americus, Ga, the other day a strange
coincidence that attended tho death Of
Capt. Wynn, q gallant Georgian, who
was killed at Gettysburg. The captain
had frequently boasted that 'stha bullet
was not nodded that was tt, lay him
low but on the day of the fight his
wife was startled to see the oil portrait
of her husband fall with crash TO the
floor from the wall on which ithung in
the parlur. Singularly enough, the
only damage done TO the picture was
in the shape OF small hole which was
punctured through the forehead Dy a
chair foot which the painting struck in
its fall. Two days later news came
from the field that the captain had been
killed by rife bullet which had struck
him squarely in the forehead.
A young woman employed as
domestic by Denver family married
private soldier in the regular army
year ago, and Immediately returned to
her service, while her husband was
sent out to Fort Union. in New Mexico.
One AFTERNOON last week. while sitting
in the kitchen, she heard tapping at
the window, and on looking, up saw
the face of her husband there. The
apparition remained for a minute with
out speaking and then slowly faded
away. The young woman ran scream
ing into the presence of the family,
related the strange experience to
them, and tainted. Later iii the day
she received telegram from the fort
announcing that her husband had died
of fever the day before.
Louisa Benn, the daughter of q
laborer in Wednesburg. England,
made up her mind to emigrate Go Aus
tralia and gained the consent OF her
parents. just before she was TO sail,
however. her mother dreamed that tile
ship which was to carry her daughter
struck rock near the Australian
coast and went down, with great loss
of life. She succeeded in dissuadipg
Louisa from going bnt not until tho
girls baggage had been placed on
board the vessel and every preparation
made for her departure. The ship
went down. as Mrs. Benn had imagin-
ed it would, and among the lives lost
| were those of several girls who were
to have been Louisa's companions.
AT recent seance in Cleveland
Mrs. Moss related how she had been
forewarned of the death of her hus-
bands sister Maggie. The two women
had been warm friends, but had not
seen each other for years; but last
week, while Mrs. Moss was alone in
her room, her sister-in-law appeared
before her and after speaking affec-
tionately to her kissed her and de-
parted. Mrs. Moss was much dis
turbed by the visitation, and tele-
graphed to learn if her sister-in-law
was i'll. She was not surprised to re-
ceive a letter the next morning an
nouncing that Maggie was dead.